> That's exactly what I was referring to above about 'superposition of > emotional states' - neither positive nor negative; but SPECIFIC in > some wordless way nonetheless > > Once again, I would be more inclined to call this a 'feeling state' as > opposed to an 'emotional state'. There's a much higher intellectual > component
Well, I see the brain as an highly complex, emotion-based learning machine. Maybe "highly" is an understatement. As per usual in complex systems, unpredictable behaviors emerge at higher level layers. I have no problem in believing that our brains has the ability to create very strange states that have no survival/replication value. However, I tend to believe that self-organization based on emotions with survival/replication value are all that is needed to explain their existence. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear... > Music to Math: > > Whenever I watch Garrett Lisi rotate his mathematical object E8 > through all those dimensions and the architecture of the thing changes > right before my eyes I feel like weeping and laughing at the same > time. Does E8 affect anyone else like this? I recently watched Lisi's presentation at TED and I agree it is really exciting. I'm no expert in theoretical physics, far from it, but from what I can grasp, it's much more elegant and beautiful than superstring theory. I don't have such a strong emotional response as you but I don't find it strange. Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---